1955 in aviation
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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1955:
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[edit] Events
[edit] February
- February 26 - George F. Smith becomes the first person to survive a supersonic ejection, from a North American F-100 Super Sabre travelling (Mach 1.05).
[edit] March
- March 10 - Pakistan International Airlines is formed
[edit] April
- April 1 - post-World War II bans on powered flight in West Germany are lifted
- April 11 - An Air India flight, the Kashmir Princess, is sabotaged by Kuomintang agents in a failed attempt to assassinate Zhou Enlai. 16 people are killed.
[edit] June
- June 28 - Jean Moire lands a Bell 47 helicopter on top of Mont Blanc, at an altitude of 4,807 m (15,772 ft)
[edit] July
- July 26 - Capital Airlines adopts the Vickers Viscount, the first US airline to select a British airliner.
- July 27 - an El Al Lockheed Constellation is shot down by Bulgarian Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15s. All 58 aboard are killed
[edit] August
- August 29 - an English Electric Canberra sets a new altitude record of 65,876 ft (20,079 m)
[edit] September
- September 3 - J. S. Fairfield makes the first ejection from an aircraft on the ground, escaping from a Gloster Meteor traveling at 120 mph (193 km/h) along a runway
- September 9 - American Airlines, TWA, and United Airlines agree to adopt a domestic "coach class" for transcontinental flights across the United States.
[edit] October
- October 6 - United Airlines Flight 409, a Douglas DC-4, crashes in the Medicine Bow Mountains near Centennial, Wyoming.
- October 10 - helicopters from USS Saipan play a key role in rescuing people stranded by flooding in Tampico, Mexico
- October 16 - the Boeing 367-80 (a 707 prototype) crosses the United States in just 3 hours 58 minutes.
[edit] November
- November 1 - United Airlines Flight 629, a Douglas DC-6, is destroyed by a bomb planted by a man attempting to cash in his mother's life insurance policies. 58 people are killed
- November 22 - Soviet Tupolev Tu-16 dropped the first Soviet thermonuclear bomb RDS-37
[edit] December
- December 4 - Glenn L. Martin, founder of the Glenn L. Martin Company, dies at age 69.
- December 15 - the de Havilland Mosquito flies its final operational sortie with the Royal Air Force
[edit] First flights
[edit] February
- February 14 - Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-2, prototype of the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
[edit] March
[edit] May
[edit] June
[edit] July
[edit] August
- August 4 - Lockheed Article 001, prototype of the Lockheed U-2
[edit] September
- September 7 - Sukhoi S-1, prototype of Su-7.
- September 20 - Nord 1500 Griffon
[edit] October
[edit] November
[edit] December
[edit] Entered service
January
June
- June 29 - B-52 Stratofortress with the 93rd Bomb Wing
